Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$293,970.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Thromboembolic events, including stroke, are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with heart failure. Even with sinus rhythm, severe heart failure confers an annual stroke risk of ~4%. While historically ascribed to blood stasis, dysfuncti